Chapter 239: Repair time and the shop
Twenty yards of repair time and the shop
A repair job takes time: the car must stand at its service track for a set number of moves, and taking it away part way through starts the work over.
Cars carry cards: a bad-order car must stand on the RIP track, a load must cross the scale, a reefer must stop at the icing platform, before it counts at its destination.
19 yards, pars from 4 to 14 moves. Beside its theme, chapter 239 draws on the hump, kicks and open slots, with two breathers of plain sorting and extra cars. Difficulty runs as a sawtooth: runs of easy yards, a spike, a breather.
The yards
| # | Yard | Par | The job |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yard 239.1 | 10 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 2 | Yard 239.2 | 5 | Dover on 1, Boston on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 3 | Yard 239.3 | 11 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 4 | Yard 239.4 | 5 | Boston on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for 3 kicks allowed. |
| 5 | Yard 239.5 | 10 | Boston on 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 6 | Yard 239.6 | 9 | The outbound any car, Albany or Boston, Boston on Track 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 7 | Yard 239.7 | 9 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Boston on 3, Albany on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 8 | Yard 239.8 | 5 | Dover on 1, Concord on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard. |
| 9 | Yard 239.9 | 9 | Dover on 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Concord on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 10 | Yard 239.10 | 7 | Dover on 1, Erie on 2, Concord on 3, Albany on 4. |
| 11 | Yard 239.11 | 13* | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Albany on Track 1, Erie on 2, Dover on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 12 | Yard 239.12 | 4 | The outbound Albany or Dover, Albany, Boston or Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Concord on 3, Erie on 4. |
| 13 | Yard 239.13 | 8 | Concord on 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
| 14 | Yard 239.14 | 4 | Concord on 1, Erie on 2, Albany on 3, Dover on 4. |
| 15 | Yard 239.15 | 14 | The outbound Albany, Albany, Albany, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Boston on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 16 | Yard 239.16 | 6 | The outbound Concord, Concord, Concord, Concord, Erie on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Boston on 4. Watch for 1 kick allowed. |
| 18 | Yard 239.18 | 7 | The outbound Concord, any car, Concord, Dover on Track 1, Albany on 2, Erie on 3, Boston on 4. |
| 19 | Yard 239.19 | 14 | The outbound Boston, Boston, Concord, Concord on Track 1, Dover on 2, Albany on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for cars that need the shop first. |
| 20 | Yard 239.20 | 10 | Concord on 1, Albany on 2, Dover on 3, Erie on 4. Watch for a hump yard, cars that need the shop first. |
* A par marked with a star is the best known line for a yard too large to solve outright.
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